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Ethanol Wastewater Solutions
Federal and state regulatory agencies are mandating the use of Ethanol in gasoline resulting in Ethanol Production facilities being developed across the farm belt.
As with many new production processes, the production of ethanol has been marginally profitable due to the overall production process costs.
The use of energy to produce ethanol has been a major contributor of the overall costs of production.
Ecolotron has the ability to treat the waste water with our patented "E-FLOC" Electrocoagulation technology resulting in the minimization of energy consumption.
Ecolotron's water and wastewater solutions offer the following benefits:
- Minimize Energy Consumption – dramatically reduces the overall energy consumption by retaining the heat of the recycled centrate.
- Dead Rock Removal – resulting in higher protein feed yields as a byproduct of the EC process.
- Recycles Wastewater – allows liquids to be recycled closing the loop to the fermentation process, therefore eliminating the need for evaporation.
- Lower Operating Costs – eliminates the need to dispose of hazardous organic by-products of chemcial processes.
Agricultural Wastewater Solutions
Government agencies have also undertaken an effort to reduce pollution associated with concentrated animal feeding operations such as diaries and feed lots for swine, poultry, sheep, and horses. The major feeding operations typically have on site ponds into which animal wastes and wastewater are collected.
Animal wastes contain high concentrations of nitrates, ammonia and phosphorus, all of which are subject to stringent discharge limits.
Recent regulations have focused on phosphorus removal by requiring a permit for each such operation as well as requiring on site wastewater treatment systems to control the discharge of phosphorus.
Ecolotron has the ability to treat this wastewater with its patented "E-FLOC" Electrocoagulation technology.
Our electrocoagulation solution is capable of removing the phosphorus to an acceptable level such that the resulting water may be used for equipment and facility wash down and for field irrigation.
Ecolotron's water and wastewater solutions offer the following benefits:
- Land Use Issues – eliminates the need to move existing operations due to phosphorous contamination.
- Lower Operating Costs – eliminates the need to dispose of hazardous organic by-products.
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